Letter, Sarah Howard Ross in Woodville, Mississippi, to her son, Emmett Ross, at Hazelwood. She is sending him, Mollie, and Elijah some shirts, socks, collars, and handkerchiefs. She tells him that she and Sissy were also able to get some clothes...

Letter, Clotille Morrow, a teenaged girl in Columbus, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, telling him that Columbus is ''exceedingly dull,'' with no parties, weddings, or beaux. Captain Baskerville has raised a cavalry battalion with five...

Oral history; interview with Clarence Devane Dorman, conducted on July 26, 2012, at Mr. Dorman’s home in Starkville, Mississippi. Mr. Dorman was born in 1930 in Lansing, Michigan, and died on October 18, 2012, at his home in Starkville. He came to...

James Leonard Duncan family farm; multiple views. Farm of 300 acres located in the Midway Community about seven and a half miles southeast of Philadelphia just off highway 19. Neshoba Co. agent C. S. (Bill) Norton and Associate county agent Joe...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Rodney Foil, March 20, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Foil was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, in 1935. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Forestry in 1956 from Louisiana State...

1- The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jeremy Boorda, has accepted your invitation to visit Meridian Naval Air Station. What are the details on this?; 2- The situation has gotten worse in Bosnia and the U.S. has sent three warships and 3,600...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Jack Hoover, September 21, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Hoover was six years of age when he came to Starkville from Ames, Iowa, when his father was hired at Mississippi State as an...

Oral history; interview with Mr. Gaddis Hunt, April 3, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Hunt first came to Mississippi State to begin his career as the program director of the Colvard Union in 1966, the year after he...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Lois Kilgore, April 20, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Kilgore, the first MSU Professor Emerita of Home Economics, was born in 1922 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Kilgore...